Words similar to heinous

Example sentences for: heinous

How can you use “heinous” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Montana allows, but does not require, judges to impose chemical castration on offenders who commit rape or incest after even one offense, if it is particularly heinous.
The Republicans are supposed to be pretending that Bill Clinton has committed offenses so heinous that he should be the first president ever forcibly evicted from office.
I don't know about Canada, Australia, etc., but in the U.S. this kind of referent usage is considered a heinous illiteracy (by those who consider such matters), and those who wish to appear educated would be wise to avoid it.
Everyone was buzzing about the rough, the dreaded rough, the heinous and monstrous rough, 5 inches officially but sometimes looking more like a dozen--ravenous, insatiable rough, a form of grass so severely impairing a golf swing that it was more like an animal.
Journalists tend to think that libel law exists to let rich and famous slimeballs escape criticism, but there are times when the law, even the notoriously anti-press British version of it, does what it's supposed to do: protect the innocent against unfounded accusations of crimes of a heinous nature.